56 Ford Fairlane hardtop.

[MercuryMac]

Still no news from the machine shop.
ZZ, the 292s weren't such a problem as the 312's but I hope there is a new seal. I remember reading a 'Perfect Circle' ad that was bragging that they had a neoprene 312 seal that was the cat's meow.

[MercuryMac]

My machinist phoned to tell me that my Y-block was not a 292 like it was supposed to be, it was a 272, probably with a 292 crankshaft. He says that the 292 crank will fit into a 272, but it is balanced for bigger pistons [heavier], heavier rods, and higher compression so it will not be balanced for the little motor. I don't feel too bad not putting it back in the car. There have been a couple of 312's stored here for a long time, so I took them into the machinist and told him to get to work. That's plan B.
Plan C is, I take a pretty good 1957 292 in to get rebuilt. [I was saving that one for my Model A.]
Anyhow, I made an outside mirror bracket extension today. The passenger side mirror was hidden behind the 'A' pillar, so of no value, so I figured out how to get it functional. I unscrewed the mirror head off of the pedestal and made a 2" extension out of a kitchen sink water pipe. Then put the new gismo back together with the mirror 2 inches further back. It works.
The seat backs on two door Fords get leaning back further and further, so I made a spacer to put under the driver-side back stopper and that brought the seat up nicely.

[dutch]

well, heck... a working mirror Good looking too

[bob w]

Problem solved!

[Old Iron]

There's always a way

[soltz]

Nobody will sneak up on you

[MercuryMac]

That's what I'm hoping, Soltz.
I took the extension apart again and primed and painted the 3/4" band that was just iron pipe that held the female threads.
The passenger seat-back is now brought forward and I started adjusting the door windows. On a hardtop the door windows shouldn't go to high or shouldn't lean in or out, so I fiddled around inside the door quite a bit today.

[lowbudget50]

These are cool cars!! Glad to see this one coming back to life!!

[Bamamav]

Better than drilling more holes in the door to move it back. When I put my swan necks on, I used two of the three holes in the drivers door and put a stainless carriage bolt in the other. The passenger side, I measured the drivers side and marked and drilled. Should have had somebody hold the mirror up while I sat in the drivers seat, it ended up being where it's partially in the wing window and I have to bend over to see that side. One time where trying to look cool didn't work as good.

[offroadrolls]

Love this build! Brings back memories from around 1977. I had a friend with a 57 with a 312. I remember the little Interceptor emblem on the glove box door.